Curtain fastener



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, 1,474,208 H. l. PHILLIPS y CURTAIN FASTENER Filed septyz'. 1922 Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

UNITED STATESv titane Parent *fo-reins.

HARRY I. PHILLIPS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO' SCOVILL MANU:- FACTURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A 'CORPORATION CFV CON- NECTICUT.

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Application led September 27, 1922. Serial No. 590,897.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY I. PHILLIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county `of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to supply a fastener for the curtains of automobiles and other vehicles and for use in other connections, wherein it is desirable to have a fastener reasonably secure against'accidental release or unfastening and free from rattling or chattering.

One type of such fasteners has a turnkbutton or head held in place by a spring and coacting ribs and grooves and it is to this type that my invention relates.

The present invention consists of novel features in the finger-piece of the turn-button or head itself and the connecting element by which the turn-button or head and the stationary base are united, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustra+. ing the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2

is an end elevation showing in full lines the head in position of disuse and in dotted lines its position of use. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Fig. 4t shows the parts of `the fastener detached and in section excepting that the spring is shown in elevation. Fig.

5 is a perspective View of the head and base connecting element, andv Fig. 6 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 7 is a top plan view ofA the base. Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view of the finger-piece of the turn button or head closed over theconnecting element.

The drawing is made on a larger scale than the commercial article.

rlhe finger-piece 1 of the turn-button or head is a shell of sheet or other metal, of any usual or approved form, preferably7 such as shown in the drawings, and having its bottom edge provided with lugs 2 and the intervening recesses 3. Inthe preferred construction there willV be four such recesses arranged in pairs in the major and minor axes of the shell.

The connecting element of the turn-button or head has a flange 4 provided with ed with longitudinal and` transverse grooves lateral extensions 5 in its majorand `minor 55 axes to fit the recesses 3 in the shell 1;'and this flange is provided with the longitudinal and transverse `ribs 6 and 7 respe-Vv tively, extending from the center to the periphery. The flange is provided with a depending tubular shank 8 which y yforms also the pivot for the turn-button or head.

When the flange i is fittedto the shell 1, the lugs 2 of the shell are closed-down over it, as shown in Fig. 8 and thus these 'two elements are rigidly secured against independent longitudinal movement, while the engagement of the extensions 5 on the flange with the recesses 3 in the shell 1 secure these two elements against independent `rotary movement. As will be understood, the engagement of the extensions with the recesses serves to mount the shell vor finger-pieceV 1 upon the connecting member without-the use of additional parts other'than the closedin lugs.

It will be understood, therefore, that the linger-piece 1 and the shanked flange e conltitlte when assembled, the turnbutton or The base 9 may be a sheet-metal shell or a casting, adapt-edto be attached'to a body by any suitable means, such as the prongs 10. The face of the base is provid 11 and 12 to receive the ribs on the flange,

vand said face is provides` with a central hole 13 to receive theshank 8 lof the con'- necting member when the connecting mem- 'sembledy Asshown 'inA Fig.` 3, this shank is located :withinthe base and is connected therewith by means of the spring 14 over which the shank is headed, as at 15 to hold it in place. Ifdesired or necessary, a washer 16 may be interposed between the spring and the underside of the top of the base.

Of course, it will bel understood that the spring is secured in place under tension, and its vtendency is to draw the turn-button or-head into intimate contactV with the base, so that the complemental ribs on the turn-button or head member and the grooves in the base will cooperate to hold the turnbutton or head in the position of disuse, as shown by the full lines in Figs. 1 and 2 as well as in the position of usel as indicated by the dotted lines in these figures. Not

only does the spring thus act, but it also serves `to ,prevent `rattling or chattering` of the fastener.

Variations in the details of construction and .the arrangement .Of Parts ,are consid v Ared to ybe wthintlle `principle ofthe invention asset forth in the claims following.

While the invention is herein termed a curtain fastener, it is to be understood that it is not thereby intendedto limit the application of the device.

` *.While 4the,construction shown is the preferred construction, still it is within the principle of the Ainvention to use ribsy on -the base .instead of on the .turn-button or "head and grooveson the turn-button or head instead of on the base. l"What claim is f1. In .acurtain fastener, a turn-button or vvhead adapted for use with and to turn uponV a base andcomprising' a linger-piece provided with recesses, and a flanged connecting;` memberconstrueted with lateral extensions ,to engage the recesses in the 4linger-piece,f .sa-1d linger-piece provided with means for engaging the flanged Connectngmember to .rigidly .connect the tivo.

:2. A..turnbutton or head for curtain fas- .teners,-having a linger-piece provided with recesses, anda flanged connecting member constructed with ylateral extensions Lto engage -the recesses fin the linger-piece, said fingerpiece provided with means for engaging .the 'flanged member to rigidly connectthe tivo,

and Vsha-id flanged member having longitudinal and transverse ribs, said turn-button or head adapted for use with a complemental base.

` 3. A turn-button or head for .curtain fasteners, having .a linger-.piece provided with recesses, and a flanged connecting member constructed with lateral entensions in its ,major and minor'axes to engagev said recesses, the finger-piece provided vwith lugs between vits recessesfor engaging the flanged member to rigidly connect 4the two, and sa-id flanged member having' vlongitudinal and `transverse ribs which extend through the :lateral extensions yand are adapted to coopbutton or head erate with a comp-lemental base upon which .the turn-button or ,head is mounted to turn and be held.

4. A curtain fastener, having a turn-button or head composed of a recessed {ingerpiece and flanged connecting memberl constructed with lateral extensions to engage the recesses in the finger-piece, saidi'ingerpiece provided with means for engaging the flanged .member torigjidly connect the two, and a base upon which the turn-button or head is pivotally mounted, the turn-button or head and the base having complementa'l cooperating means for holding' the turn-button or head in given position on the/base.

5. Arcurtain fastener, having a turn-button or head composed of a recessed lingervstrncted with lateral extensions toengage the recesses jin ,the :linger-piece, said linger- .niece provided with meansfor engaging the flanged .member to .rigidly connect .the two, the flanged'member having` longitudinal and transverse ribs, and a base member having complemental 'longitudinal and transverse `grooves, and .means for connectingtheturn- Y and the base member vunder tension. i i

In testimony whereof I :havefghereunto set `my hand this 26th day of Sept., A. D. 1922.

' HARRY i, PHiLLiis.

, YVitnesses:

PAUL E. FnNToN, PERGY WARNER. 

